It does react to us in some sense, I believe. One among the residents told me fairly early on that they believed some of what was occurring was due to us, and our relative instability after-- well. Being transported somewhere entirely unfamiliar, surrounded by strangers. That it needed us to calm before it could settle, even though we needed it to settle before we could truly calm.
[he is, predictably, not the biggest fan of the situation.]
I am unsurprised to learn it somehow knows more of us, and in that case... the familiar is certainly easy to use against us.
Had you not seen her in some time, before arriving here?
[ hateful. vax makes a little bit of a face. ] I hate this fucking Prism.
[ well, if emet won't say it!! he will. this place sucks!!! even if it has infinite closets!
beyond that, though - something in his expression changes as emet says that. there's a visible sort of hurt to his eyes, and he turns his head away. ] ... 's complicated. [ because it's less about not having seen her, and more about not being able to in the future.
he reaches up and scrubs a hand over his face. ] It wouldn't have mattered, though. 's still my sister - fucking place knew exactly what to use to get at me. I know now it was an illusion, but it was hard to think otherwise when we were trapped there.
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[he is, predictably, not the biggest fan of the situation.]
I am unsurprised to learn it somehow knows more of us, and in that case... the familiar is certainly easy to use against us.
Had you not seen her in some time, before arriving here?
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[ well, if emet won't say it!! he will. this place sucks!!! even if it has infinite closets!
beyond that, though - something in his expression changes as emet says that. there's a visible sort of hurt to his eyes, and he turns his head away. ] ... 's complicated. [ because it's less about not having seen her, and more about not being able to in the future.
he reaches up and scrubs a hand over his face. ] It wouldn't have mattered, though. 's still my sister - fucking place knew exactly what to use to get at me. I know now it was an illusion, but it was hard to think otherwise when we were trapped there.
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he's quiet, a few long moments.]
...when faced with such things, I imagine it would be.
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...what matters is it wasn't real. She's fine. [ even if i can't be there goes unsaid. ] I am, too.
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[it's somewhat blunt, but.]